When you buy avocado...

Jezebel1228

How quickly do you eat it and how do you keep it from turning brown? I know the lemon juice trick but that only works so many days

I need to eat more healthy fats. I don't know if I can eat another almond.

my scale hasn't budged in over 2 weeks. It went down but then I *thought* I was doing good and it went back UP a lb and half. I'm pissed.

Anyway, back to the avacado's......  

debfife

I half it and leave the 1/2 I'm not going to eat with the pit in it and then wrap it w/plastic wrap.

oct11bride03

So you're talking about eating half an avocado and saving the other half for later?

If that's the case, I make sure to save the half with the pit. That helps prevent browning. Then I rub the flesh with lemon juice and wrap it tightly in saran wrap and stick it in the fridge. Works well. 

That being said, I rarely have half an avocado left. I eat those suckers plain with lemon juice and salt. 

didntelope

Once it's cut and wrapped, avocado never lasts more than a day in my fridge before turning brown.

JM&AD

Eat half and leave the other half with the pit and wrap it up tight and it won't brown.  I also use the pit when I'm making guacamole in advance - just put it in there after you make it and it keeps it from turning brown.

turtle520

I never buy a ripe avacado. I buy them a few days away from being ready. Once I cut into it I A) always keep the pit in it (until I use that side), store it as a whole fruit - keep the unused portion in the skin and put it back together, C) put it in a plastic baggie & then push all the air out of it. Then I twist around - kinda like a bread bag and wrap it as tight to the fruit as possible. You don't want air to touch the green part. That's what makes it turn brown. I twist tie the bag to make it as secure as possible. You'd be surprised how long it will last if you store it like this. I'm sure saran wrap would work even better but I don't keep that in the house.

erosa

Not that an avocado ever lasts more than a day in my house, but if I did have to store it, I'd make sure its airtight... its the air that oxidizes the avocado.  So a ziploc bag or saran wrap.

emac123

debfife:

I half it and leave the 1/2 I'm not going to eat with the pit in it and then wrap it w/plastic wrap.

This is how I store it too.  The top will brown but you can just scrape off the top layer.  I normally eat 1/4 -1/2 at a time.  

Melanie2003

With pit wrapped in ziploc bag with air squeezed out and inside plastic storage container. I try to eat within two days 

bosha711

emac123:

debfife:

I half it and leave the 1/2 I'm not going to eat with the pit in it and then wrap it w/plastic wrap.

This is how I store it too.  The top will brown but you can just scrape off the top layer.  I normally eat 1/4 -1/2 at a time.  

This is what I do, too.  DS will eat like 1/4 at a time, so I cut out a wedge & store it as described above, then just scrape off the thin browned layer before cutting into it again.